A Babbling Stream of Semi-Consciousness
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There’s a recount underway in the close Senate race in Minnesota. Minnesota Public Radio shows some of the challenged ballots:
It’s your turn to play election judge. Tell us how you would rule in the case of these challenged ballots.
Educational. It’s not always obvious how a particular ballot should be counted, but it’s enlightening to see the contortions both campaigns are willing to use in hopes of gaining an advantage in a squeaker of an election.
My newspaper wasn’t on my porch on Wednesday morning. I thought a souvenir hunter might have swiped it. When I went to a nearby convenience store in the afternoon, they had already sold out of every newspaper.
Several newspapers nationwide increased their normal press runs and, when even those sold out, printed special editions.
The Newseum has an online gallery of front pages from over 700 newspapers from all over the world.
The whole world is celebrating Obama’s election:
From the front lines of Iraq to more genteel spots like Harry’s Bar in Paris, the election of Barack Obama unlocked a floodgate of hope that a new American leader will redeem promises of change, rewrite the political script and, perhaps as important as anything else, provide a kind of leadership that will erase the bitterness of the Bush years.
No, really — the whole world, as seen in this exclusive documentary image at The Joy of Tech — click the image to see the complete cartoon.